Carol, There are state and local naturalization records among the NARA collection. I can attest to this fact because I've researched for my customers. It is a hit and miss in varying degrees. David Samuelsen http://www.sampubco.com/ > Hi Carol: > > NARA holds Federal records only, not State or local records. Each NARA > branch holds records specific to certain states. So for instance if you > were hoping to find a bankruptcy case (which is considered a Federal > matter) that took place in Michigan, you would want to contact or visit > the NARA in Chicago, which holds some, but not all, bankruptcy cases for > Michigan. You would not find this same case at the NARA in Kansas City, > which hold records for its' covered states. > > Also, when visiting NARA, it's best to call a few days before you plan > to show up so they can pull the files that you want to view. It is not > open shelving. You will be assigned an archivist that will help pull > records for you during your visit. At least that has been my > experience. > > I only visit NARA when I need something specific. Check out their > website and see what records are offered at the NARA that you are > planning to visit. If you plan beforehand, you can make the most of > your visit and tap into as many applicable records as you have time for! > > http://www.archives.gov/ > I hope this helps. Good luck! > > Kim Stankiewicz > Genealogist for Chicago and Cook County, IL > > -----Original Message----- > From: poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of > DeZiner124@aol.com > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 11:18 AM > To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com > Subject: [POLAND] Visiting NARA vs. LDS Family History Center > > We have visited a couple of FHC's at LDS sites, and one Family History > Center in Bowling Green,Ohio at the university. > > Some of the results were more than expected, and we went home empty > handed > from others. > > Now we're wondering if a visit to NARA is the best possible choice? If > so, > we could make that trip next. > > Also, since NARA stands for National Archives and Records > Administration, I > "assume" one location would have the same resources as all others. > However, > if that is not the case, perhaps we need to focus on finding a location > we > can reach that would be more local to our needs. > > It would be great to have the insight of someone who has already spent > time > at a NARA site. And when we go, we would be pleased to do look ups for > > others as small recompense for the untold assistance we've received > from member of > this board. > > Carol Atkinson > > ISO Michalski, Miezytlo, Zielinski, Jagla > > > > **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for > fuel-efficient used cars. > (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list > as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Carol, From my own experience just last week I can tell you that NARA in NYC will send you more complete naturalization information than the court in Brooklyn will Bill ----- Original Message ----- From: <dsam52@sampubco.com> To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 2:35 PM Subject: Re: [POLAND] Visiting NARA vs. LDS Family History Center > Carol, > > There are state and local naturalization records among the NARA > collection. I can attest to this fact because I've researched for my > customers. It is a hit and miss in varying degrees. > > David Samuelsen > http://www.sampubco.com/ > > >> Hi Carol: >> >> NARA holds Federal records only, not State or local records. Each NARA >> branch holds records specific to certain states. So for instance if you >> were hoping to find a bankruptcy case (which is considered a Federal >> matter) that took place in Michigan, you would want to contact or visit >> the NARA in Chicago, which holds some, but not all, bankruptcy cases for >> Michigan. You would not find this same case at the NARA in Kansas City, >> which hold records for its' covered states. >> >> Also, when visiting NARA, it's best to call a few days before you plan >> to show up so they can pull the files that you want to view. It is not >> open shelving. You will be assigned an archivist that will help pull >> records for you during your visit. At least that has been my >> experience. >> >> I only visit NARA when I need something specific. Check out their >> website and see what records are offered at the NARA that you are >> planning to visit. If you plan beforehand, you can make the most of >> your visit and tap into as many applicable records as you have time for! >> >> http://www.archives.gov/ >> I hope this helps. Good luck! >> >> Kim Stankiewicz >> Genealogist for Chicago and Cook County, IL >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:poland-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >> DeZiner124@aol.com >> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 11:18 AM >> To: poland-roots@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [POLAND] Visiting NARA vs. LDS Family History Center >> >> We have visited a couple of FHC's at LDS sites, and one Family History >> Center in Bowling Green,Ohio at the university. >> >> Some of the results were more than expected, and we went home empty >> handed >> from others. >> >> Now we're wondering if a visit to NARA is the best possible choice? If >> so, >> we could make that trip next. >> >> Also, since NARA stands for National Archives and Records >> Administration, I >> "assume" one location would have the same resources as all others. >> However, >> if that is not the case, perhaps we need to focus on finding a location >> we >> can reach that would be more local to our needs. >> >> It would be great to have the insight of someone who has already spent >> time >> at a NARA site. And when we go, we would be pleased to do look ups for >> >> others as small recompense for the untold assistance we've received >> from member of >> this board. >> >> Carol Atkinson >> >> ISO Michalski, Miezytlo, Zielinski, Jagla >> >> >> >> **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for >> fuel-efficient used cars. >> (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) >> ********************************* >> Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at >> Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com >> ---------------------------------- >> Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list >> as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: >> researching our Polish roots. >> ---------------------------------- >> Browse the list's archives here: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots >> Search the list's archives here: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> ********************************* >> Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at >> Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com >> ---------------------------------- >> Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list >> as >> long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: >> researching our Polish roots. >> ---------------------------------- >> Browse the list's archives here: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots >> Search the list's archives here: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message